Hello
I don't know if this will help me, l guess l should talk to a midwife about this but l think it's alright to start somewhere. I have had my copper iud since february 2025, and l got it mostly because l had an active sex life with a friend. But then things got messy and we are no longer friends anymore and l'm wondering if it's worth to keep this for 4 more years to come or not, because what if l get to meet someone?
What makes me question this is because of the pain and the cramps that it gives me, and the random bleeding/spotting. So far it has protected me well, but it's just all of these things that makes me wonder if l really can hold this up.
I usually get stingy cramps everyday for 1-2 weeks before ny actual period/bleeding starts. It usually happens once during the day, in the afternoon. It's the same stingy feeling that l get that feels exactly like it did when l got it inserted. So l always have to take pain killers everyday so l can keep go on about my day. And the spotting doesn't come that much, sometimes it can be in the beginning of a new month and then it stops, or it comes when l get these cramps. I can handle that, but l don't like the surprise spotting that much, l just have to clean my underwear more frequently.
The bleeding during the period isn't that bad, it mostly bleeds a lot for two days, then it becomes less, but tthe bleeding lasts maybe 5-7 days.
It's just that... l feel like it's easier to keep it than to having to remove it and MAYBE will have to insert it again if something happens, and l don't want to go through that process again. But these cramps makes me just wonder if l really can deal with this.
I feel safe with it if something happens. And l really don't want to take anything that messes with my hormones. I'm scared of how it will affect my body and mood.